[Verse1]
[Em]I was twenty-four years [C]old when I [D]met the woman I would [Em]call my own
Twenty-[Em]Twenty-two grand kids now [C]growing [G]old in that [C]house that your [D]brother [Em]bought ya
On the [Em]summer day when I pro[C]proposed, I [D]made that wedding ring from [Em]dentist gold
And I [Em]asked her father but her [C]daddy said [G]no, [C]you can't [D]marry my [Em]daughter
[Chorus1]
[G]She and I went [C]on the [G]run, [D]don't care about re[C]relig[G]ligion
[G]I'm gonna marry the [C]woman I [G]love, [C]down by the [D]Wexford [Em]border
[G]She was Nancy [C]Mulli[G]Mulligan, and [D]I was William [C]Shee[G]Sheeran
She [G]took my name and then [C]we were [G]one, [C]down by the [D]Wexford [Em]border
[Em] [C] [D] [Em] [Em] [C] [G] [C] [D] [Em]
[Verse2]
Well I [Em]met her at Guy's in the second world [C]war and [D]she was working on a [Em]soldier's ward
Never [Em]had I seen such [C]beauty be[G]before the [C]moment [D]that I [Em]saw her
[Em]Nancy was my yellow [C]rose and [D]we got married wearing [Em]borrowed clothes
We got [Em]eight children now [C]growing [G]old, [C]five sons [D]and three [Em]daughters
[Chorus2]
[G]She and I went [C]on the [G]run, [D]don't care about re[C]relig[G]ligion
[G]I'm gonna marry the [C]woman I [G]love, [C]down by the [D]Wexford [Em]border
[G]She was Nancy [C]Mulli[G]Mulligan, and [D]I was William [C]Shee[G]Sheeran
She [G]took my name and then [C]we were [G]one, [C]down by the [D]Wexford [Em]border
[Interlude]
[G]Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-[C]di-da-di, [D]di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, da da
[G]Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-[C]di-da-di, [D]di da-da-da-da-da [G]di
[G]Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-[C]di-da-di, [D]di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, da da
[G]Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-[C]di-da-di, [D]di da-da-da-da-da [G]di
[Verse3]
From her [Em]snow white streak in her jet black [C]hair, over [D]sixty years I've been [Em]loving her
Now we're [Em]sat by the fire in our [C]old arm[G]armchairs, you know [C]Nancy [D]I a[Em]adore ya
From a [Em]farm boy born near Belfast [C]town, [D]I never worried about the [Em]king and crown
'Cause I [Em]found my heart upon the [C]southern [G]ground, there's no [C]difference [D]I as[Em]assure ya
[Chorus3]
[G]She and I went [C]on the [G]run, [D]don't care about re[C]relig[G]ligion
[G]I'm gonna marry the [C]woman I [G]love, [C]down by the [D]Wexford [Em]border
[G]She was Nancy [C]Mulli[G]Mulligan, and [D]I was William [C]Shee[G]Sheeran
She [G]took my name and then [C]we were [G]one, [C]down by the [D]Wexford [Em]border
[Outro]
[G]Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-[C]di-da-di, [D]di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, da da
[G]Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-[C]di-da-di, [D]di da-da-da-da-da [G]di
[G]Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-[C]di-da-di, [D]di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, da da
[G]Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-[C]di-da-di, [D]di da-da-da-da-da [G]di